Baked Falafel
These healthy falafels are oven baked, not fried, require minimal ingredients, and are so easy to whip up! Perfect for meal prepping and adding to your lunches throughout the week!
Falafels have to be my all time favourite Mediterranean dish! I’ve always wanted to make my own and was SO happy when I came up with this healthy, homemade recipe for them. These baked falafels have become a meal prep staple of mine and are so perfect for adding to lunches throughout the week. I love adding them to buddha bowls, stuffing them in a toasted pita with hummus or dipping them in homemade tzatziki for a tasty appetizer!
Baked Falafel
These healthy falafels are oven baked, not fried, require minimal ingredients, and are so easy to whip up! Perfect for meal prepping and adding to your lunches throughout the week!
Ingredients
- 1 16oz can chickpeas (drained, rinsed and dried)
- 1/4 c packed fresh parsley
- 1/4 c packed fresh cilantro
- 1/3 c chopped red onion
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp oat flour (sub any flour)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F and grease and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Add all ingredients except flour to a food processor and pulse until evenly mixed and small chunks remain. You want the mixture to stick together when pressed between fingers, but not be pureed otherwise will turn to hummus. Scrape down sides as needed.
- Stir in oat flour by hand.
- Scoop out 12 balls of dough with hands and place each on baking sheet. Lightly flatten/press down to form into falafel patties.
- Bake for 25 minutes until golden brown on both sides, flipping falafels once half way.
We love falafel but don’t like fried food, so these are perfect! They look phenomenal. I think I’ll try them in the air fryer to see how they turn out! We just made yucca fries in our air fryer and they were amazing! We will keep you posted! Hope to get to making your falafel soon!
Hi Suz! Thank you so much for leaving a review! I can’t wait to hear what you think 🙂
Arisha … they turned out amazing in the air fryer! We baked them for 18 minutes at 350 F in the air fryer and they were nice and crispy on the outside and moist on the inside! I added a little bit of extra olive oil to the falafel mixture and a 1/2 teaspoon baking power and they turned out so well! Thank you for the great idea!
Yay thank you so much Suz! I’m so happy you all loved them and so great to hear about the air fryer version! I’ll definitely be trying them out in my air fryer next time 🙂